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[mkgmap-dev] mkgmap: problems with encoding file used with option --license-file

From Patrik Brunner patrik.brunner at gmx.net on Sun Dec 11 13:43:42 GMT 2016

sorry for having opened Pandora's Box... ;-)

Consider me as a good and willing tester.... I'll just fetch the new 
branch to my local repo.

Cheers
Patrik

On 11.12.2016 14:39, Steve Ratcliffe wrote:
>
> I've started a branch for this as the problems I'm discovering are
> increasing rapidly!
>
> So in addition to the copyright and licence file issues that started
> the thread, we also do not correctly deal with unicode in the TDB
> file and the MPS file (inside a gmapsupp).
>
> Some visible problems include:
>
> * --series-name with unicode characters not displayed correctly for a
>   unicode map.
>
> * --area-name and unicode characters.
>
> * --description with non-ascii characters can overflow the header
>   and completely corrupt the map.  Eg try --description=Mẏ Ðésçriptioñ
>
> Branch is called 'file-encoding' and you can download the latest build
> from the branch build section of the mkgmap download page.
>
> ..Steve
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